Dr Kieran O’Sullivan is back on the Physio Edge podcast after talking previously about hamstring injuries, this time discussing his other big area of interest and expertise – chronic low back pain (CLBP).

In this episode, Kieran and David Pope discuss

• Recent research on chronic low back pain
• Central vs peripheral contributions to CLBP
• Sitting postures and behaviours, and the relationship of this to pain
• Is there an ideal sitting posture, and does changing sitting behaviour change CLBP?
• Manual therapy in CLBP
• Lumbar kyhposis/lordosis
• Physical and psychological interventions for CLBP
• The effect of exercise on CLBP
• Movement patterns and retraining in chronic pain states
• The challenges of talking to patients about chronic pain states

Links of Interest

• Show your love of feeling great, and also the podcast by writing a review on iTunes
• Kieran O’Sullivan
• Kieran on Twitter
• Pain Education website with Peter O’Sullivan, Kieran O’Sullivan, Wim Dankaerts, Kjartan Vibe Fersum
• University of Limerick
• The role of muscle strength in hamstring injury. Kieran O Sullivan and Cian McGinley. 2010. Nova Publications
• Clinical Edge